Also useful for comparing files that are physically separated by distanceor incompatible hardware.

[I used this technique years ago to check the integrity of data files beingtransferred from a CP/M machine to an MS-DOS one. The CP/M machine hadhard-sectored floppy drives, so the data was transferred via the respectiveserial ports - which also caused the high bits to be stripped. I had towrite a program to encode binary data at the CP/M end and another one toreconstruct the data at the MS-DOS end. CRC programs producing identicalvalues were used on both ends to compare files.]

This is a free program. You may use it or give it away as you wish.Please include this DOC file if you do pass it along.

Commands: =========Just specify the names of the files to check after the program name.

If more than one file has been selected for processing, willterminate the program - but only after the current file has finishedprocessing.

Program background:===================The original version of this program was actually written as a by-productof my search for an efficient and reliable CRC algorithm, implemented in ahigh-level language. What prompted this search was my desire to write myown file concatenation program, and CRC values would provide some measureof assurance of the integrity of the files involved.

Other programs:===============Other programs which I have written and contributed to the public domaininclude:

CAL100------CAL - Calendar V1.00 - 06/03/89 - A simple, pop-up calendar display programthat can be used as a sort of perpetual calendar. Valid years range from0001 to 9999 (arbitrary). This program is NOT memory-resident. Scrollthrough the different months and years. Although the executable file isstand-alone, I don't consider this to be a complete program. I'vecontemplated using the included routines as the starting point for ascheduling program, for example. Source code included.

DDEL124-------DIRDEL - Directory Delete V1.24 - 07/15/89 - This program will deleteentire subdirectory trees - even those containing read-only, hidden andsystem files and directories. It will even delete the current directory.The executable file for this version is significantly smaller than before.Source code included.

FIX301------FIX - File Fix V3.01 - 09/03/89 - A binary editor which allows easy editingof any file regardless of attributes. Searches available from within afile: 1) text search, with wildcard support and 2) byte search, which canfind arbitrary sequences of bytes specified by the user, including nulls,machine code and binary data. Also includes a scroll bar indicatingrelative file position, file header support and 256-byte default records.

FND106------FFIND - File Finder V1.06 - 07/31/89 - This program will find any file orsubdirectory on your hard disk, including hidden and system files.Wildcards are accepted. Improvements for this version include an overallincrease in speed and a smaller executable filesize. Source code included.